03 February 2016
The long-term future of coal as a major energy source is often portrayed as being at risk; however, the picture is more complex than that, according to a new report from the IEA Clean Coal Centre that looks at the effects of regulatory trends on coal-fired power plants and global coal demand : “More stringent […]
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02 February 2016
The development of a massive wind farm off the coast of East Fife that would more than double Scotland’s offshore capacity came a step closer to realisation last week. Ireland-based Mainstream Renewable Power is in exclusive talks with an InterGen-led consortium for closing a £2bn deal (€2.6bn) in Scotland for a 450MW offshore wind farm […]
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02 February 2016
French utility EDF said it had signed a preliminary deal with Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) for the construction of six EPR nuclear reactors at Jaitapur, in the west of India. Each of the reactors to be deployed at the site will have 1650MW of energy output, which will lend the Jaitapur project […]
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02 February 2016
French energy utility giant EDF is looking out for investors to finance its proposed €33bn (including funding costs) Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset, UK. The French state-owned energy group, which is grappling with debts of €37 billion and plunging wholesale electricity prices, delayed a key board meeting last Wednesday under growing pressure […]
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02 February 2016
Utility company E.ON has started laying the first turbine foundation for the Rampion offshore wind project in the UK. The project is on schedule though it continues to battle severe weather conditions, which had disturbed works to prepare seabed for the 116 turbines installation. The Rampion 400MW offshore wind project is being built 13km off […]
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02 February 2016
Spanish wind turbine maker Gamesa SA has announced three orders totalling 130 MW in the Indian market. Under the contracts, signed in the last quarter of 2015, the company will supply a total of 65 units of its G97-2.0 MW turbine. Gamesa will build two wind farms, one of 50 MW and one of 30 […]
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18 January 2016
Germany reached 3.3GW of operational offshore wind capacity last year. The data, released by Deutsche WindGuard in its Status of Offshore Wind energy Development in Germany report, showed that by 31 December there were 792 turbines in the German North and Baltic seas feeding electricity to the grid. A total of 546 new offshore turbines […]
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15 January 2016
WElink Energy has signed an agreement with China National Building Materials Group (CNBM) to develop more than 130MW of solar projects in the UK in 2016. CNBM, through its technology subsidiary China Triumph International Engineering Corp, and WElink have already built 64MWof solar projects. The two companies will now partner with British Solar Renewables to […]
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15 January 2016
German tech giant Siemens has won an order from a consortium between Duro Felguera, Elecnor and Elecnor Mexico to deliver turbines for 791MW Empalme II combined-cycle power plant in Sonora, Mexico. The firm will also be offering technical assistance during construction and commissioning of the facility, for which the consortium is the engineering, procurement and […]
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14 January 2016
Nordex has won a contract from John Laing Investments to supply and install 35MW at the Glencarbry wind farm in Ireland. The Germancompany will install 12 turbines (seven N100/3300s and five N90/2500s units) at the site close to the village of Hollyford in County Tipperary. Delivery is scheduled to start in October. Nordex will also […]
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